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I do not permit any form of bullying in my home. Bullying can be:
· Physical: pushing, kicking, hitting, biting, etc
· Verbal: name-calling, sarcasm, rumour spreading and teasing
· Emotional: excluding, ridiculing, humiliating, tormenting
· Racist: taunts, graffiti and gestures
For all children to feel valued in my setting and to enjoy their time here, everyone must understand my rules regarding bullying.
I will NOT tolerate:
· Name-calling and verbal abuse
· Fighting
· Physical attacks of any kind
· Threatening behaviour
· Racial or discriminatory remarks
· Exclusion of one child by another
If I have any concerns that your child is being bullied at nursery, or school or is bullying another child or other children, I will discuss this with you immediately. I will work with you to support your child to resolve the problem.
If your child is being bullied, I will:
· take what he/she tells me seriously and never ridicule their predicament
· tell him/her that I care about them and do everything I can to help sort things out
· reassure him/her that they are not to blame
· help him/her feel valued whilst in my care by giving them responsibilities and asking them to help me
· Help him/her feel good about themselves via positive praise and encouragement.
If your child is bullying, I will:
· reassure him/her that I still care about them and that it is their behaviour I don't like and I will do everything I can to help him/her change this behaviour and to find ways to make amends for his/her behaviour
· develop a reward system to promote good behaviour
· discuss the matter with you but not in front of your child, to see if we can figure out what, if anything, has triggered the bullying behaviour
· If you have any concerns about your child or the behaviour of any other children in my care, please discuss these concerns with me (but not in front of the children) immediately.